Abstract

Patient Survival after a Very Deep Penetrating Orbitocranial Injury.

Highlights

  • A seven-year-old girl was referred to the emergency ward at the Khatamolanbia Hospital, Zahedan, Iran, in March 2012 after she fell face-first onto a pencil she was holding

  • A surgical team remained on standby to perform an emergency craniotomy in case of sudden intracranial haemorrhage

  • Since these injuries are classified as low-velocity, the trajectory of the foreign object and the injured anatomical elements in the path determine the extent of the neurological damage.[3,4]

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Introduction

A seven-year-old girl was referred to the emergency ward at the Khatamolanbia Hospital, Zahedan, Iran, in March 2012 after she fell face-first onto a pencil she was holding.

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